THE LOSS OF FAMAGUSTA ad. 



1571. 

 queene Semiramls : Dianas church at Ephesus builded by 

 all the noble persons of Asia : Mausolus toome or 

 sepulchre, made by his wife queene of Caria : Colossus 

 Solis placed at Rhodes, I remember not by what Princes 

 charge, but made by the hands of Cares Lindius scholar 

 to Lysippus : and the image of Jupiter, made of Yvory 

 by the hands of the skilfull workman Phydias. The 

 which monuments made of barbarous and heathen Princes 

 to redeeme themselves from oblivion deserved both for 

 the magnificence, and perfect workmanship of the same, 

 to be accounted in those dayes as the seven woonders of 

 the world. Since the which time, an easier, readier, and 

 lighter way, being also of more continuance then the 

 former, hath bene found out, namely, Letters, which were 

 first invented by the Caldies and Egyptians, as we reade, 

 and augmented since by others, to our great benefit, and 

 now last of all (no long time past) the same to have bene 

 committed to Printers presses, to the greatest perfection 

 of the same : men being first inforced to write their actes 

 and monuments in beasts skinnes dried, in barkes of 

 trees, or otherwise perchance as unreadily. By the which 

 benefit of letters (now reduced into print) we see how 

 easie a thing it is, and hath bene for noble persons, to 

 live for ever by the helpe of learned men. For the 

 memory of those two woorthy and valiant captaines 

 Scipio and Hannibal had bene long before this present [II. i. 118.] 

 quite forgotten, except Titus Livius, or some such learned 

 Historiographer had written of them in time. And 

 Alexander Magnus himselfe that great conquerour had 

 nothing beene spoken of, had not Q. Curtius, or some 

 other like by his learned stile revived the remembrance 

 of him, and called backe againe his doings to his pos- 

 teritie. For the which cause we see commonly in all 

 ages learned men to be much made of by noble person- 

 ages, as that rare paterne of learning Aristotle to have 

 bene greatly honoured of that former renowmed Monarch 

 Alexander : who affirmed openly, that he was more bound 

 to his Master Aristotle, then to king Philip his father, 



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